--- title: 'The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)' type: 'film' director: 'Peter Weir' released: '1974-10-10' runtime_minutes: 87 genres: - 'Horror' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'Australia' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cars-that-ate-paris-1974' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071282/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) 1974 · 87 min · Horror, Comedy · Australia ## Synopsis The Cars That Ate Paris is a 1974 Australian horror comedy film, produced by twin brothers Hal and Jim McElroy and directed by Peter Weir. It was his first feature film, and was also based on an original story he had written. Shot mostly in the rural town of Sofala, New South Wales, the film is set in the fictional town of Paris in which most of the inhabitants appear to be directly or indirectly involved in profiting from the results of car accidents. The film is considered part of the Australian New Wave genre. ## Credits - **Director:** [Peter Weir](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weir) - **Screenplay:** [Peter Weir](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-weir) - **Original Music Composer:** [Bruce Smeaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-smeaton) - **Producer:** [Hal and Jim McElroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-and-jim-mcelroy) ## Cast - [John Meillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-meillon) - [Chris Haywood](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-haywood) - [Bruce Spence](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-spence) - [Terry Camilleri](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-camilleri) - [Kevin Miles](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-miles) - [Max Gillies](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-gillies) - [Danny Adcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-adcock) - [Kevin Golsby](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-golsby) - [Edward Howell](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-howell) - [Max Phipps](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-phipps) - [Melissa Jaffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-jaffer) - [Tim Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-robertson) - [Patrick Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-ward) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cars-that-ate-paris-1974 Film facts: Wikidata (Q926678); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.